A three-tiered glass stand with cookies, tea sandwiches, and scones on a table outside with white flowers as a bridal shower tea party idea.

Affordable Bridal Shower Tips to Make a Spectacular Party

Are you searching for some unique bridal shower tea party ideas? Whether you’re the one tying the knot or helping with the festivities, we have some of the best tea party tips to make everyone smile. 

What bride wouldn’t love a feminine tea party bridal shower surrounded by friends, fancy hats, scones, teacups, and cookies? A tea party is a great daytime activity suited to all age groups. We have seven tips for a tea party celebration that your guests will talk about long after it’s over.

1. Blooming Tea Flower Station

Blooming tea flowers in a large mug and glass teapot on a white table with a white and floral box of blooming flower teas.

Few things look or smell fresher than sprigs of aromatic herbs and tea. Blooming tea flowers are an entertaining and beautiful way to celebrate the bride-to-be and fresh new beginnings. 

These flowering teas magically unfold in hot water for a stunning flower show. It’s a bridal shower tea party idea all your guests will adore. You can take it a step further with a party favor station.

To make it even more fun, set up a station with two to three different blooming teas on display in clear glass teapots or large teacups. Displaying them in real life and all their glory lets your guests know what they are taking home. Leave out tea canisters of blooming tea and a few sachets or goodie bags so your guests can pick and choose which ones to drink at home.

2. Tea Favors

Teabloom Flowering Jasmine tea canister with 12 blooming teas as an idea for a bridal shower favor.

Jasmine Blooming Variety Tea Canister - $21.95

If you want to skip the display table and keep party favors simple, this next idea is for you.

Teabloom’s Jasmine Flowering Tea Canister is a fantastic bridal shower tea party idea for tea party favors. Each canister contains 12 flavored and fragrant blooming teas made of Grade AA green tea leaves. These have been carefully selected and handcrafted by master tea artisans.

Each hand-sewn tea bloom has been blended with all-natural edible flowers and jasmine to give you the ultimate tea-drinking experience. Plus, each blooming tea flower tea ball has its own unique flower and delivers a pot of delicious-tasting, healthy green tea. 

The flowering tea balls in this gift pack are less than $2 each and individually wrapped for the perfect little party favor. This collection of blooming teas features the following flavors: Heart Bouquet, Jasmine Lover, Golden Oasis, Floral Passion, Sunset Love, Fairy Lily, Eternal Love, Rising Spring, Shooting Star, Fireplace Bloom, Dancing Leaves, and Enchanting Beauty.

3. Scrumptious Scones

A scone with fresh cream, strawberries, and blueberries on a white plate on top of a wooden cutting board with fresh berries around.

When it comes to bridal shower tea party ideas, scones are never a maybe — they are a must. In fact, make sure you have a scone or two for every guest — that’s good hosting etiquette. 

A platter of freshly-baked cream scones will pair quite nicely with your favorite teas. Popular scone flavors are plain, raisin, currant, and blueberry. Using dried berries or fruit makes for more consistently baked scones, but fresh fruit is also delicious. 

Other flavors can include cinnamon, apricot, roasted nuts, or chocolate chip. You can even bake savory scones like chive and cheddar cheese or herbed parmesan. 

We recommend choosing two to three different scone flavors so you don’t overwhelm yourself or your guests with too many options. Most people enjoy plain cream scones and raisin flavors. Scones are traditionally served with Devonshire Cream and raspberry preserves on the side.

4. Glass Teaware for Every Bridal Shower Theme

Teabloom glass teaware display with fresh white tulips and pastries as a bridal shower tea party idea.

If you’re having trouble coming up with bridal shower tea party ideas, choosing a theme may help guide you. But you don’t have to wait to gather your teaware supplies. You can host any tea party theme when your teaware is made of sustainable, strong, borosilicate glass. 

Teabloom’s exclusive and extensive collection of healthy teaware is affordable and a chemical-free alternative to traditional teaware. Its neutral look makes it the perfect canvas to bring any tea party to life. 

Don’t hold off on gathering the teaware essentials you need for the party — trust us, you’ll find reasons to use your collection for holidays, special occasions, and more.

5. Tea Canister Centerpieces

An old vintage can with fresh pink and white flowers against a blue background as a bridal shower tea party centerpiece idea.

Whatever you do, don’t throw away your Blooming Tea Flower tins or tea canisters. We have a creative bridal shower tea party idea for your centerpieces! 

Test your tins to make sure they're watertight before filling them with single-flower arrangements. A chef’s trick if they do leak is to use a waterproof bag as a liner. Choose an array of flowers or greens in the color palette of the tea party theme.

Whether you’re using new ones or vintage ones, these tea containers can be repurposed in a variety of ways — and not just for your centerpieces. We love using Teabloom’s tea canisters for dry spices and ingredients. 

After the party, if you have no use for them, you can just recycle them in your blue bin. You can also send the guests home with the flowers and the tins to make cleanup easier.

6. Cookie Bar

Tall cylinder glass jars on a counter filled with cookies and labeled for a bridal shower tea party idea.

Nothing goes better with afternoon tea than scones, but homemade cookies might come in second place. A cookie bar is a delicious and fun bridal shower tea party idea.

Create a cookie bar by making some homemade treats and placing them in labeled jars to keep them fresh. Your guests will love the assortment. They can eat them during the shower, or you can lay out glassine paper bags and seals for packaging cookies to go.

Looking for some tea cookie and snack recipes? We created our own version of Taylor Swift’s chai cookies. A teatime classic is thumbprint cookies, and these floral cookies are decorated with real colorful flowers.

7. Tea Cocktails

Two cocktails in glasses on a light wooden table display with flowers and a black buttercream cake with cascading flowers as a bridal shower tea party idea.

Tea and alcohol? Yes! 

Tea cocktails are one of our favorite bridal shower tea party ideas that everyone will enjoy. Earl Grey martini, anyone?

If you have some guests that can’t drink alcohol, you can also create tea mocktail recipes. 

Take inspiration from these delicious iced tea recipes for all four seasons. Adding a little vodka or rum to these recipes may create the perfect signature tea cocktail for your bridal shower. 

Host the Best Bridal Shower Tea Party

An outdoor garden tea party display with tiered stands and bowls of food as a bridal shower tea party idea.

A classic tea party never goes out of style, and it's the perfect canvas for a beautiful bridal shower. 

Hosting a tea party doesn’t need to break the bank. Start with affordable teaware from Teabloom, and you’re already partway there!  And if you’re looking for cocktail glasses, their teacups and mugs are fantastic for all beverages — from hot coffee to a classic Old Fashioned.

Do you have some bridal shower tea party ideas? Share them below! We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

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